商品簡介
The Intersection of Star Culture in America and International Medical Tourism: Celebrity Treatmentargues that celebrity cases and media content drive awareness of medical tourism among Americans at a time when the medical system is under intense scrutiny. By popularizing international sites for treatment, procedures not available in the US, and different approaches to patient care, media narratives present options for health care, triggering dialogue on one of America's most important human welfare issues.
作者簡介
Kathy Merlock Jackson is professor of communication at Virginia Wesleyan College.
Lisa Lyon Payne is associate professor and coordinator of communication at Virginia Wesleyan College.
Kathy Shepherd Stolley is professor of sociology at Virginia Wesleyan College.
